Folding settee



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A.M.PREEMAN. y vFOLDING SETTEE, GRIB,-AND CRADLE.l 10.32.5394. Patented sept. 8, 1885.

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AUGUSTUS M. EEEEMAMOEOGEAN GEovE, AssrGNoE TOHIMSELEAND ALEXANDER o; KELLY, E METUGHEN, NEW JERSEY.

FOLD-ING S'ETTE, CRIB, AND CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.32v5,79 4, dated September 8i 1885.

l Y Application filed Aprl14, 1884. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, AUGUSTUS M. FREEMAN, of Ocean Grove, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Folding Settees, Cribs', and

- Cradles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is for the convenience of nurses and children; and it consists in apiece of furniture that is convertible into a rolling crib, a rocking-cradle, or a settee, and which can be folded into a small compass for transportation or for stowing away whennot in use.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of the article when spread as a crib.V Fig. 2 is an end view of the same in the form of a cradle, and Fig. 3 shows the parts as a settee.

The frame is composed of the end pieces, A A, united by the central rail, B, and side rails, C C. Between these there is a yielding bottom, d, usually of canvas, or a padded seat or mattress may be used to form the bottom of the seat or cradle.

The frame is supported, when used as a cradle, by the rockers E, which preferably are provided with a strip of rubber upon their under segmental edges, and the leg-pieces F of said rockers are united by hinges g to the end frame-pieces A, and when turned down for use said rockers areheld in place by spring catches or hooks h, screwed ati and hooking into eyes k upon the rockers.

When the article of furniture is used as a crib, a settee, or a cart for children to play with, the rockers are swung on the hinges y up beneath the frame and held by the buttons Z, that button below projections u upon the rockers, or any similar device may be used for fastening the rockers up under the frame. Upon the outer faces of the rockers 'there are studs or bracket-frames with wheels or castersm, so that when the rockers are folded up beneath the frame these rollers or casters are in position for resting upon the door, and they allow the seat or crib to be rolled around in any direction, and vwhen the upper parts are in the position for use as a crib the same may be rolled in beneath an ordinary bedstead; or the crib may be rolled about by children in a manner similar to a cart.

The side frames are composed of the end pieces, 1, pivoted at3 to the end frames, A, and these pieces r are united by the rail or rails r. Upon the end frames, A, there are stops 4,

which act against the lower parts of the end pieces, i', to limit the outwardly swinging movement of the side frame r 1",- but lthey allow the said side fra-me to be swung inwardly upon the pivots 3 toward the bottom frame when not required for use. This frame fr r is padded, or the canvas d of the bottom is fastened to the rail c, and there is also canvas 1', Fig. 3, fastened at its edges to the railsr and c.

The other side frame is composed of the end pieces, s, and rail or rails s', the former being pivoted at 6 to the end pieces, A, of the bottom frame, upon which pivots such frame can be swung up into position (shown in Fig. 2) for use as a crib or cradle, or it can be swung overrupon the bottom, or it can be swung outwardly and downwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to be out of the way when the article is used as a seat or settee.

The stops t, pivoted at 7, act against the lower ends of the end pieces, s, to hold up the side frame s s', when used as a crib or cradle. The pins 8 hold up these stops, and the stop can be thrown over out of the way when the side frame s s', is laid down. The side frame s s', is either cushioned, or the sacking of the bottom is extended up to the rail s and either tacked on or secured by buttons.

At the end of the frames r r' ss', I apply the i "partially swung. outwardly to permit the slotted plates being lifted from the headed pins or studs.

There may be end flaps or extensions, d', to the canvas or bottom d, that are passed up to the cross-rails r* and hooked on, so as to close the ends of the crib or cradle.

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3 to form asettee or seat, the movable end' pieces, r4, can be applied between the IOO 1. The combination, with the seat d, endframes, A, connecting-rails B C, and frame 1 'r, of the frame s 8, pivoted at 6 and capable of being swung up Yor down, stops 4. and t, and the rockers E, hinged tothe end pieces, A, and the casters or wheels upon the sides of the rockers, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame A B G C, `of the side frame 1" 1", pivoted at 3 to the end pieces, A, and the stops 4, the side frame 2o s s', pivoted at 6 to end pieces, A, and the movable stops t. substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the frames A C C, of the side frames o fr s s, pivoted to the end pieces, A, and the movable crossrai1s 1'", slot- 25 ted end plates, 10, and headed pins 11, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 8th day of April, A. D. 1884.

AUGUSTUS M. FREEMAN.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, WILLIAM G. MoTT. 

